Calling method in the outputText value attribute

[Rahul Juneja]

Folks,

I want to do something like the following in my code. Is it possible to use method calls in value parameter of outputText.

 
<ice:outputText value="#{bean.getUIString(subbean.inboundLinkHosts)}"/>   

Any pointers are appreciated.

Thanks,
Rahul

[Arun Sudharsanam]

Why do you want to call a method from an outputText.
If you want to assign the return value of the method to the outputText you can just do it as:
<iceutputText value="#{bean.name}"/>

and code in the bean as follows:

String Name;

//Getters and setters for the Variable

[Himanshu Gupta]

You can call a method in Value just do one thing for that.

Name the method in backing Bean like getXXX() and in the Page bind it like value="#{beanName.XXX}".

Point to remember: The return type of the Method should be String.

[Tim Holloway]

You shouldn't call action code in an attribute (property) accessor. Technically, that's known as a side-effect. In JSF it's especially important, since the accessor may get invoked more than once and at unpredictable times.

If you desire a placid life, always make your getter functions read-only and your setters should update only data and not fire off actions of their own. Leave the heavy-duty logic to action processor methods.